[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.81.2.14,1.81.2.15

[Moshe Zadka]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv8873/Misc

Modified Files:
      Tag: release20-maint
	NEWS 
Log Message:
- exceptions.c  - make_class() Added a "goto finally" so that if
  populate_methods() fails, the return status will be -1 (failure)
  instead of 0 (success).

  fini_exceptions(): When decref'ing the static pointers to the
  exception classes, clear out their dictionaries too.  This breaks a
  cycle from class->dict->method->class and allows the classes with
  unbound methods to be reclaimed.  This plugs a large memory leak in a
  common Py_Initialize()/dosomething/Py_Finalize() loop.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.81.2.14
retrieving revision 1.81.2.15
diff -C2 -r1.81.2.14 -r1.81.2.15
*** NEWS	2001/03/30 20:26:32	1.81.2.14
--- NEWS	2001/03/30 21:01:09	1.81.2.15
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*** 53,56 ****
--- 53,68 ----
  - del func.func_defaults raises a TypeError instead of dumping core
  
+ - #121013 - stringobject.c -- "".join(u"this is a test") dumped core
+ 
+ - exceptions.c  - make_class() Added a "goto finally" so that if
+   populate_methods() fails, the return status will be -1 (failure)
+   instead of 0 (success).
+ 
+   fini_exceptions(): When decref'ing the static pointers to the
+   exception classes, clear out their dictionaries too.  This breaks a
+   cycle from class->dict->method->class and allows the classes with
+   unbound methods to be reclaimed.  This plugs a large memory leak in a
+   common Py_Initialize()/dosomething/Py_Finalize() loop.
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.0?
  =========================